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**** HEALTH/WELLNESS Media Release Restrictions Extended into June ———————————————————– Premier Iain Rankin and Dr. Robert Strang, Nova Scotia’s chief medical officer of health, announced today, May 19, that current public health restrictions will remain in place across Nova Scotia until at least the second week of June. They also announced that public and private schools […]
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**** HRP Media Release Police seek public assistance in bank robbery investigation Police are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a suspect in a bank robbery that occurred in Halifax earlier this year. At approximately 2:45 p.m. on February 11, police responded to a robbery at the Scotiabank located at 6005 Coburg Road. […]
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**** HEALTH/WELLNESS Media Release Two Deaths, 83 New Cases of COVID-19, 164 Recoveries ———————————————————- Today, May 19, Nova Scotia is reporting two deaths related to COVID-19. A man in his 60s has died in Eastern Zone and a woman in her 60s has died in Central Zone. There have now been 74 COVID-19 related deaths […]
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**** RCMP Media Release West Hants District RCMP responds to significant number of calls over 24-hour period West Hants District RCMP responded to 24 calls for service, a higher than usual call volume, over a 24-hour period from May 18 to May 19, 2021. While many of the calls were considered routine, two serious […]
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**** RCMP Media Release RCMP charges four people in Robert Campbell homicide The RCMP’s Southwest Nova Major Crime Unit has charged four people in the homicide of 51-year-old Robert Campbell. In the early morning hours of May 24, 2020, police were called to a home invasion in Wolfville Ridge. A second call was reported shortly […]
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**** HRP Media Release Police charge man and woman with drug offences after search in Halifax Police have charged a man and a woman with drug trafficking offences in relation to a search conducted earlier this week in Halifax. On May 17 investigators in the Drug Unit of the Integrated Special Enforcement Section obtained a […]
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**** Recall via Health Canada HEROISK and TALRIKA plates, bowls and mugs recalled due to burn hazard Common name: HEROISK and TALRIKA plates, bowls and mugs. Product description: The recalled products are plates, bowls and mugs from the HEROISK and TALRIKA dinnerware series. They are made from PLA (Polylactic acid or polylactide) material from renewable plastics in […]
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**** HRP Media Release Police issue 70 tickets for speeding and other vehicle offences Halifax Regional Police issued 70 tickets for speeding and other motor vehicle-related offences this week. On Monday and Tuesday members from the HRP Traffic Unit issued 70 summary offence tickets: 32 for speeding and 38 for other offences including […]
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**** RCMP Media Release RCMP remind motorists to drive safe this Canada Road Safety Week This week is Canada Road Safety Week, an annual campaign that focuses on reducing behaviours that put all road users at risk. The Nova Scotia RCMP will be reminding motorists about the importance of road safety throughout the week. […]
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**** RCMP Media Release Man arrested for impaired driving following hit and run Halifax District RCMP arrested a 21-year-old Halifax man following a report of a hit and run in Bedford. At 11:50 p.m. on May 14, police received a call of a hit and run that occurred on Highway 102, and that the suspect […]
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